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The Olympic games may be over, but they will live on in our memories.
I hope with all my heart that Weir never, ever stops referring to Gannon as Terrence.
And: If you see yourself on a Jumbotron, you gotta party.
And: I just love Paris.
Its just very Paris.
Also: Thats Billie Eilish.
Thats Billie Eilish right there.
And who could forget: Snoop Dogg: I mean, who doesnt love that guy?
Fallon as an intrusive thought … nothings more unsettling than that.
Nicholas Quah
LOW All the commercial interruptions.I get it.
And its nice they continued to show the ceremony on a split screen alongside the commercials.
J.C.
WHOA Golden Voyager … ?
!Who knew the Paris Olympics had a little cinematic universe going on?
Apparently, the look is intentionally supposed to evoke science fiction and video games.
That shit looked scary!
Also, as Johnny Weir put it, the French are so cool.
J.C.
WHOA French Vampire Weekend (Phoenix) merging into Vampire Weekend.Hows that for a symbolic handoff?
Speaking of which…
LOW Phoenixs Lisztomania being 15 years old.We were young once.
Of course, I say merely in jest: That stunt is still tremendously risky for anybody to do.
Onscreen, though, the moment felt a little … anticlimactic?
Perhaps the camerawork didnt sell it all that well.
Im sure that descent translated better in person.
And speaking of the Red Hot Chili Peppers …
HIGH Flea!ITS FLEA.
ALSO A HIGH Anthony Kiedis performing in a white mesh shirt.With that stache?
She was then awarded an additional 0.1 point to her score, bumping her to third place.
The referee tried to calm things down by protesting, Ladies!
Jennifer Zhan
HIGH Imane Khelif wins gold.
IMANE KHELIF WINS THE GOLD MEDAL!!!
LET’S GO!!
!pic.twitter.com/OwLCPxhoBn
Like a great sports movie, Khelif came out on top.
There are two DJs!
And two MCs providing live hype!
They do slo-mo replays that spin around likeThe Matrix!
People compete under names like Logistx and Raygun!
Theres a huge boom box towering over the arena in La Concorde!
Then, minutes later, the mens 4x100 team was another reminder, this time for the worse.
Perhaps the all-time-best hurdle runner, she breaks records with seeming ease.
Sometimes the best is just the best.
He looked weak after the race, received medical attention, and left the track in a wheelchair.
Soon after, reports emerged that Lyles raced with COVID after testing positive two days before.
That news made his bronze seem both more unfortunateandmore impressive.J.C.
I gotta get a haircut, Mead said when he found out.
Ramazanova competed in the games while six months pregnant.
Who knew that archery could be a doubles sport?
At least they had plenty of time to figure out where to display their gold.
The U.S. won the game when their goalie, Scott Sterling, blocked Australias shot with his literal face.
Now, theyll be in the finals for the first time since 2008.
Thats some good face time.
Damn, dudes, leave something for the rest of us.
Then, a glimmer of gold started closing in on the leaders.
Im still wrapping my head around that.
She came in ahead of St. Lucias Julien Alfred in second and her USA teammate Brittany Brown in third.T.S.
WHOA The Olympics found a man who can do both.
rei do carisma, malabarista e bronze no skate park!!
!pic.twitter.com/5IIYIXW6uW
Brazilian skateboarder Augusto Akio can win bronze in Olympic park skateboardingandjuggle.
The Olympics never fail to remind us that our excuses are indeed weak.
Later, things got even messier when a cameraman moseyed right into the middle of a race.
Luckily, nothing was damaged beyond our trust in that particular crew members spatial awareness.
Day 11 (August 6): Carlos Yulo makes double the history.
WHOA Now thats what I call Olympic dominance.Some athletes fight to even earn back-to-back golds in their discipline.
Thats 20 years of dominance in the sport, after the super-heavyweight won a fifth gold medal in Paris.
LOW An early out in womens beach volleyball.Okay, no, a loss in the quarterfinals isnt really early.
But it is by American standards, considering weve consistently medaled in womens beach volleyball since 2004.
(And whats up with that do they even have sand in Switzerland?)
A late rally in the second set just wasnt enough for a comeback.
Thats so beautiful, Hoda Kotb replied in a heartfelt moment, having adopted two kids herself.T.S.
WHOA Cole Hocker upsets.An Olympic champion and a world champion walk into a race.
Cole Hocker (who?)
The American Hocker won gold in the mens 1,500-meter race, setting a new Olympic record.
Why didnt he medal?
BecauseanotherAmerican, Yared Nuguse, won bronze with his personal best time ever.
That marks the first time the U.S. has had two medalists in this event in 112 years.
Must be something in the water, and its notE.
Good week for him!
HIGH USWNT advances in extra time to finals in soccer.Football, soccer call it what you want.
All we know is that the American women are heading straight to the top.
Sophia Smith, you will always be a national treasure.
The gold-medal match will be on August 10, and it will feature either Brazil or Spain.
Thank the gods, USWNTs Achilles heel, Sweden, didnt qualify this year.
The whale leaped up briefly during the semifinals, eliciting a woah!
from the commentators, who then scored the whales jump a perfect ten.
The real Olympics was the nature happening around us all along.
Luckily,Australian weatherman and broadcaster Luke Bradnamwas able to take over.
HIGH Mondo Duplantiss latest pole-vault record.Six and a quarter meters high, that is.
First, he broke the standing Olympic record of 6.03 meters with a 6.10-meter jump.
He cleared that bar easily, setting up hopes for another world record try.
The 24-year-old had already set the world recordeighttimes, including earlier this year in April.
Cue Dancing Queen on the Stade de France speakers.
It was separately reported that shed been hospitalized on Sunday for anE.
Thoughts and prayers to them all!
Despite this being the most competitive stage in the world, the sports-girl-ship is off the charts.
But then, Chiless coaches submitted an inquiry, forcing the judges to reevaluate her difficulty score.
In the moment, it looked like Jamaican Kishane Thompson won NBCs broadcasters even called it.
Now, the Vatican ischiming into critique drag like theyre a regular Michelle Visage.
In an out-of-character move, the Vatican didnt use an Italian gay slur in the statement.T.S.
And it may go down as the year golf proved it really does belong at the Olympics.
Leave it to world No.
1 Scottie Scheffler to provide the shake-up we needed.
Day Eight (August 3): Ow!
HIGH Snoop Horse has entered the building.Snoop Dogg isdressagedup.
Maybe thats why theyve got the long face.
Next up is Saturdays semifinals, followed by the final round, in which shell compete for gold.T.S.
HIGH ;) Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart are together again.Hit the road, Billie Jean King!
Martha Stewart has arrived in Paris and is taking back her BFF, Snoop Dogg.
Day Six (August 1): Women!
LOW Now why is Eric Adams in it?
But isnt Olympic Village the Olympic Village of the world?T.S.
He looks so … relaxed!
It was the AA finals, which were perfectly paced and ordered for maximum drama.
HIGH AS IN AGES, COMPARATIVELY The gymnasts who made it to the podium.AND ANOTHER THING!
The all-around podium was filled with women rather than girls.
Turns out its worth training gymnasts for longevity.
), has a message for Simone Biles and Suni Lee:I admire you!
You are surreal!A.V.C.
Now, Biles revealed in a tweet that Skinner hasblockedher.
On a related note, why isntStick Itavailable to stream anywhere?
WHOA Katie Ledecky, generally.Katie Ledecky doesnt feel real.
To say she earned gold in the 1,500-meter freestyle is somehow an understatement.
In that case, youshouldlook up video of the finish line of the mens triathlon.
Its entirely possible that swimming in the Seine is bad for your health.
Its also entirely possible that doing triathlons is pretty bad for your health.
Jurys out, but it just doesnt look great!A.V.C.
HIGH Olympic Villages chocolate muffins.
Because Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen has been absolutely raving about the Olympic Villages chocolate muffins on TikTok.
Maybe right between silver and gold?T.S.
Flavor Flav can be proud.
WHOA This Turkish guys raw skill.Yusuf Dikec is a man with a very particular set of skills.
There are worse nicknames, I guess!
LOW Nadal goes out without a bang.Rafa had a rough go of it at the 2024 Olympic Games.
next to these huge wheels of cheese.
Well, actually, shes Italian, so she probably didnt say Cheese!
shed say, Parmigiano Reggiano, because thats the kind of cheese it specifically is.
Day Four (July 30): Yeah, I watch rugby.
WHOA Alex Sedrick runs 90 yards to give USA Rugby its first medal in a century.
A FINISH YOU HAVE TO SEE TO BELIEVE!
#ParisOlympicspic.twitter.com/1FMu9SWxDo
Heres a sports story every football-loving American can appreciate.
They miss the conversion (the extra-point field goal for football fans).
With that, Team USA wins their first womens rugby medal ever.
I am still sobbing!A.V.C.
HIGH … LOW … HIGH … LOW The camera operator capturing trampoline gymnastics.
Its like vertical tennis!T.S.
(Fun fact: At age 11,Wiffen was an extra in the Red Wedding onGame of Thrones!
What a life!)A.V.C.
Theres even a nicelittle video of themfiguring out their pose.
Folks, this is what its all about.A.V.C.
This is the case with Pommel Horse Guy.
And, in the process, Nedoroscik became a star.
First, he secured the highest-ever Olympic scoreon a single wave earning a 9.90 in the fifth heat.
So youd think that byclinching the bronze in 100-meterhed be pretty excited.
He already has six Olympic medals, after all.
This will be his first daughter!
HIGH, PUN INTENDED Snoop Dogg and Billie Jean King watching tennis together.
Maybe hell sport a braid next?
He even donned a Simone Biles T-shirt.
Jonathan Owens showed up to the womens gymnastics team final with the GREATEST shirt.
It always happens to me on this court.
I have to advocate for myself every time, Gaufftoldthe official.
The United States womens team finished the semifinals comfortably in first place, over Italy in second.
But she also sported a bandage around her calf due to an injury confirmed by her coach.
Well be keeping an eye on that developing situation.
Ultimately, Team USA won the game 110-84.
KD is still KD.J.P.F.
HIGH Coco Gauff grand slams another record.What better way to kick off the Olympics than with arecord-settingvictory?
The race was, in a word: Thrilling.
This time, she made it count.
For context, the average resting heart rate typically falls between 60 and 100 bpm.
WHOA Its the Olympics.Carrie:Louise is in Paris.
Look who I ran into in Paris !
Carrie and Louise reunited at last!
Love is the thing, you know!
Hudson shared a photo with Sarah Jessica Parker in front of anotherSATCicon the Eiffel Tower.
Thankfully, the hideous Louis Vuitton bag was nowhere in sight.
They won silver in the womens synchronized three-meter springboard event.
And yes, someone wasdressed up as a giant piece of baconin their cheering section.
Did anyone else just hear a bald eagle screech?J.Z.
HIGH Flavor Flav being the best hype man.Red Lobsterisnt the only thing he rides for.
Canadian officials are reportedly exploring options to appeal, suggesting that the players themselves were not involved.
Coach Bev Priestman has been banned from coaching for one year.
LOW This lame Google AI commercial.Is nothing sacred?
Any Olympian who receives fan mail poorly written by AI should set it ablaze with the torch.
So dont go down there if youve got a torch you should probably hang on to!A.V.C.
HIGH The other no rehearsal performance.
Oui, Gaga!J.P.F.
Still, it was a fun change of pace, and some of the boats werereally pretty.A.V.C.
HIGH Severed heads and blood streamers, of course.
Ca Ira, performed by metal band Gojira and opera singer Marina Viotti?
Did we mention they performed in front of a bunch of beheaded women, holding their own severed heads?
History its so metal!A.V.C.
Many, many shots were obscured by big fat raindrops covering the camera lenses.
They more than managed, sneaking a hot moment of trio sensuality into the opening ceremony.J.P.F.
This almost called me to arms, and I hate arms!A.V.C.
This is the one and only time the proceedings merited a truly enthusiastic: Ooh la la!A.V.C.
No word on whether the city will take them up on this offer!
Anyway, that was it!
That was the whole segment!
Okay???A.V.C.
HIGH Tre chic!A high?
More like high fashion!
This couldve beensomuchmore!A.V.C.
Let the Beylympics begin.
I wanna kiss it on the FACE!A.V.C.
HIGH Celine Dion singing her heart out.
No, I absolutely wasnt chopping onions.
My eyes are wet because of Celine Icon-for-All-Time Dion closing out the ceremony under the Eiffel Tower.
Sorry, its hard not to be dramatic when influenced by a grande dame.J.P.F.
